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Allan Murphy

Allan is a senior journalist at Sunraysia Daily. Email [email protected] to get in touch.

Love-struck woman bailed

A LOVE-struck Mildura woman accused of assaulting the elderly mother of her defacto partner has been released on bail and warned not to go near the alleged victim. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the accused was in the front yard of the victim’s...

17 Nov 2024

Police & Courts

‘Community threat’ jailed

AN Irymple man who admitted to getting an adrenalin rush from evading police and rammed a police vehicle during one pursuit has been jailed. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 26-year-old Jason Baldwin ran amok while using methamphetamines and made...

17 Nov 2024

Police & Courts

Bond for support car damage

A TEENAGER who randomly vandalised a car belonging to an aged care and disability support service provider says he was drunk and stupid when he damaged the vehicle. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the 19-year-old and four other unknown people...

16 Nov 2024

News

Local firies in top five

MILDURA’S fire response times are among the best in the state. A new study by Fire Recruitment Australia has shown Mildura’s response to emergency situations to be the fifth quickest of 39 regions in Victoria and well under the state...

16 Nov 2024

Police & Courts

Axe thrower refused bail

A MILDURA man accused of throwing an axe at a woman following numerous assaults and threatening to kill her has been refused bail. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the man, who this week applied to be released on bail, is alleged to have smashed...

16 Nov 2024

Police & Courts

Glass shards almost hit toddler

SHARDS of glass narrowly missed a young child sleeping in a cot after a man affected by drugs and alcohol smashed a window in a random attack, a court has been told. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 39-year-old Sosaia Laloni Kolofale had been...

15 Nov 2024

News

‘Extreme’ fire danger forecast

EXTREME fire danger conditions have been forecast for the Mallee on Saturday. Mildura is heading for a top temperature of 38 degrees with winds becoming north-easterly between 15 to 25km/h during the morning then tending northerly 20 to 30km/h during...

15 Nov 2024

Police & Courts

Court caught short of power

OPERATIONS at the Mildura Law Courts was severely disrupted by a power outage on Wednesday caused by an overnight storm. Only a handful of the 70 listed cases were heard by a magistrate on Wednesday and none of those were conducted in the normal...

14 Nov 2024

Police & Courts

Drugs found in SA man’s car

A MAN caught with three different kinds of drugs has been told to aim for a life free of illicit substances. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court 23-year-old Renmark man Zachary Schulz was having a mental health episode was he jumped in his car and drove...

14 Nov 2024

News

Supercar bidders line up

THE Ford Mustang Supercar being raced by Mildura’s Cam Waters in this year’s Supercars Championship is going under the hammer. Waters has been the only full-time driver to race the car, chassis TR 30, which made its race debut at the Australian Grand...

12 Nov 2024

Police & Courts

Tattoos link man to crimes

A MAN’S distinctive tattoos helped to land him in jail after he was complicit in an “alarming crime wave” earlier this year. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court was told 23-year-old Kolbi Ridley’s leg and hand tattoos were captured on closed circuit...

11 Nov 2024

Police & Courts

More jail time for serial pest

A MILDURA man with a propensity of making false reports to police while drunk has been jailed for his latest “pretty strange” behaviour. Forty-four-year-old Dion Peace appeared at Mildura Magistrates’ Court via video link from Port Phillip Prison...

11 Nov 2024